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Ministry of Law and Justice
Affordable Justice To Weaker Sections
Government is making every efforts in providing access to justice to the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Other Backward Classes and other Economically Weaker sections of the society. National Legal Services Authority  has been constituted under the Legal Services Authorities  Act, 1987 to provide free and competent legal services to the weaker sections of the society including beneficiaries covered under Section 12 of the Act, to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities, and to organize Lok Adalats to secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on the basis of equal opportunities.
For this purpose, the legal services institutions have been setup from the Taluk Court level to the Supreme Court. The activities/programmes undertaken by Legal Services Authorities include legal aid and advice; legal awareness programmes; legal services/empowerment camps; legal services clinics; legal literacy clubs; Lok Adalats and implementation of victim compensation scheme.
To enable quick and equitable access to justice, National Legal Services Authority  has launched Legal Services Mobile App on Android and iOS versions to enable easy access to legal aid to common citizens.
Further, a scheme on Access to Justice titled “Designing Innovative Solutions for Holistic Access to Justice in India” is implemented by the Government of India which aims to strengthen pre-litigation advice and consultation through Tele-Law;ensure pan - India dispensation framework to deliver Pro Bono legal Services through Nyaya Bandhu  programme and to empower citizens through Pan India legal literacy and legal awareness programme. The Scheme embeds use of technology and developing contextualized IEC  material in regional / local dialect to support its intervention and to achieve easy accessibility of legal services to the poor and weakest sections of the society. All these services under the scheme are provided free of cost to all citizens including the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and other Economically Weaker sections of the society.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Law and Justice, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Finance
Central Delhi tax officials arrest one for illegal manufacturing of gutkha with liability of around Rs 5.9 crore
Acting on intelligence regarding illegal manufacturing and clandestine supply of gutkha/pan masala/tobacco product namely “Suhana Gold” and “SHK” brands without registration and payment of duty, Anti-Evasion officers of Central Tax Delhi had conducted an operation which busted the racket and led to the arrest of one of the key persons on 02.01.2021. Development of further intelligence and consequent searches at multiple locations led to arrest of the two key operators on 16.02.2021.
Follow up searches based on the leads in the investigation were conducted at multiple premises and another 5 FFS machines manufacturing “SHK” Gutka were found to be operational. The person in charge of the illegal manufacture, one Phool Chand Yadav, admitted to his involvement in his statement and to his liability of Rs. 5.9 crore approx. He was arrested on 18.02.2021 under section 132 of the CGST Act, 2017 and remanded judicial custody.
In all 4 accused have been arrested till now and investigation is under process.
Ministry of Law and Justice
Press Communique
Vide notifications dated 12.10.2021, in exercise of the power conferred by clause  of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint the following Advocates and Judicial Officers as Judges of the following High Courts for a period of two years from the date they assume charge of their respective offices:
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Chandra Kumar Rai, Advocate
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Allahabad
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Krishan Pahal, Advocate
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Allahabad
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Sameer Jain, Advocate
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Allahabad
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Ashutosh Srivastava, Advocate
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Allahabad
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Subhash Vidyarthi, Advocate
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Allahabad
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Brij Raj Singh, Advocate
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Allahabad
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Shree Prakash Singh, Advocate
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Allahabad
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Vikas Budhwar, Advocate
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Allahabad
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Smt. Sundaram Srimathy, Advocate
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Madras
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D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, Advocate
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Madras
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R. Vijayakumar, Advocate
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Madras
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Mohammed Shaffiq, Advocate
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Madras
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Kakheto Sema, Advocate
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Gauhati
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Devashis Baruah, Advocate
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Gauhati
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Smt. Malasri Nandi, Judicial Officer
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Gauhati
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Smt. Marli Vankung, Judicial Officer
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Gauhati
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Shri Arun Dev Choudhury, Advocate, from the date 05.11.2021.
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Gauhati
Ministry of Science & Technology
DST INSPIRE Faculty develops nanomaterials having energy storage application & optical sensors for water pollution control
The SERS can help detect harmful molecules present in water at ultra-low concentrations
A recipient of the INSPIRE Faculty Award instituted by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. Dr. Ashish Kumar Mishra, Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology , Varanasi,along with his group, has made significant achievements in developing nanomaterials based supercapacitors to achieve high energy density and power density of supercapacitors.
Increasing energy demand due to the growth of human population and technological advancement poses a great challenge for human society. High energy density of supercapacitors suggests that constant current can be withdrawn for longer duration without recharging. Hence automobiles can run longer distances without charging. Supercapacitors can be an alternative for such purposes.
Dr. Mishra and his research group at IIT  have developed a reduced graphene oxide  at a moderate temperature of 100°C with high capacitance performance. The production process is a cost-effective one, making it suitable for commercial purposes. This work has been published in Materials Research Express.
The group which works on carbon  and metal dichalcogenides  nanomaterials based supercapacitors to achieve high energy density and power density of supercapacitors, have also developed a novel green approach for synthesis of Iron-based nanocatalyst, which can be used for large scale production of Cabon Nanotubes.
In addition to energy storage, Dr. Mishra’s group is also working on optoelectronic applications of nanomaterials. In this context, they are working on developing novel nanostructures of carbon and metal dichalcogenides semiconductors for photodetection and Surface-Enhanced Raman spectroscopy . Through this work, they have demonstrated excellent photodetection behaviour of different architectures of nanoscale MoS2 for the detection of visible light. The high photoresponsivity obtained in this work can be useful to develop ultrafast detectors for signalling purpose. The work has been published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.
The SERS can help detect harmful molecules present in water at ultra-low concentrations. His group has successfully demonstrated detection of Rhodamine 6G , an organic laser dye up to lowest limit of sub-nano-molar concentration using rGO and MoS2 nanomaterials. This work has been published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C. They have also examined the nonlinear optical response of the material developed, which suggests that some of these materials can be used to develop protectors for high power light sources like lasers.
Their focus on energy and optoelectronics devices paves the way for the development of cost-effective and efficient devices, which can be used for energy storage application. Their findings make way for materials which can be used as advanced photodetectors and also be used as optical sensors for water pollution control.

Fig: Dr. Ashish Kumar Mishra with his group
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Pilot study on Zero Budget Natural Farming initiated at 4 locations: Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
Government has been promoting organic farming under the dedicated scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana  which encourages all kinds of chemical free farming systems including Zero budget Natural Farming. The budget allocation for PKVY for 2019-20 is Rs. 325 crores. Indian Council of Agriculture Research through ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research has initiated a study on Evaluation of Zero Budget Natural Farming practices in Basmati/ coarse rice-wheat system from Rabi Season 2017 at 4 locations namely Modipuram, Pantnagar, Ludhiyana, Kurukshetra .
National Academy of Agricultural Sciences  has also organized a brainstorming season on Zero Budget Natural Farming in August, 2019. Government has been implementing several schemes aiming at meeting the target of doubling of farmer’s income by 2022. The major schemes include:
- National Food Security Mission – for improved production and productivity of food grains and oilseeds.
- Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture- to enhance production and productivity of horticultural crops
- Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana and Mission organic Value Chain Development for North East Region –to reduce cost of cultivation and ensure chemical free quality products that can fetch premium prices to farmers
- Soil health Cards- Aims at promotion of judicious use of fertilisers through soil test based recommendations there by reducing excess use of fertilisers
- PMKSY-PDMC - to promote water conservation and reduction in use of inputs through drip and sprinkler irrigation
- Bamboo Mission and Agro forestry
- e-NAM – for transparent competitive markets for improved remuneration to the farmers.
- Crop loans-Interest Subvention Scheme  , Kisan Credit Card
- Assured Prices-Minimum Support Price 
- Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi 
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha today.
Competition Commission of India
CCI approves acquisition of 51% of the equity share capital in each of the three Electricity Supply Companies of Odisha. viz Western Electricity Supply Company of Odisha, Southern Electricity Supply Company of Odisha Limited and Central Electricity Supply Company of Odisha Limited by Tata Power Company Limited
The Competition Commission of India  approves acquisition of 51% of the equity share capital in each of the three Electricity Supply Companies of Odisha. viz Western Electricity Supply Company of Odisha , Southern Electricity Supply Company of Odisha Limited  and Central Electricity Supply Company of Odisha Limited  by The Tata Power Company Limited  under Section 31 of the Competition Act, 2002, today.
Proposed combinations relate to acquisition of 51% of equity share capital in each utility by the TPCL from Grid Corporation of Odisha Limited pursuant to separate competitive bidding processes initiated by the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission  under Section 20 of the Electricity Act, 2003.
TPCL is a public listed company and is primarily engaged in the business of power generation, transmission and distribution. It is a part of the Tata group.
WESCO Utility, is engaged in the business of distribution and retail supply of power in five western districts of Odisha namely,  Rourkela;  Burla ;  Bhawanipatna ;  Bolangir; and  Bargarh.
SOUTHCO Utility is engaged in the business of distribution and retail supply of power in six southern districts of Odisha namely,  City ;  Berhampur;  Aska;  Bhanjanagar;  Jeypore; and  Rayagada.
CESCO Utility is engaged in the business of distribution and retail supply of power in four central districts of Odisha namely, of i) Bhubaneshwar , ii) Cuttack, iii) Paradeep and iv) Dhenkanal.
Detailed order of the CCI will follow.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Proposal to send specialist doctors to rural areas
States allowed to offer negotiable salary to attract specialist including flexibility in strategies such as “You Quote We Pay”
As per the District Residency Program notified by the Board of Governors, all the post graduate students pursuing MD/MS in broad specialties in all Medical Colleges/Institutes under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 shall undergo a compulsory residential rotation of three months in District Hospitals/ District Health System as a part of the course curriculum.
All the administrative and personnel matters related to health human resource including specialist doctors of various streams of medicines in rural and remote hilly regions lies with the respective State/UT Governments. However, under National Health Mission, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare provides financial and technical support to States/UTs to strengthen their healthcare systems based on the requirements posed by them in their Programme Implementation Plans  within their overall resource envelope.
Under NHM, following incentives and honorarium are provided for encouraging doctors to practice in rural and remote hilly regions of the country:
• Hard area allowance to specialist doctors for serving in rural and remote areas and for their residential quarters so that they find it attractive to serve in public health facilities in such areas.
• Honorarium to Gynecologists/ Emergency Obstetric Care  trained, Pediatricians & Anesthetist/ Life Saving Anaesthesia Skills  trained doctors is also provided to increase availability of specialists for conducting Cesarean Sections in rural & remote area.
• States are also allowed to offer negotiable salary to attract specialist including flexibility in strategies such as “You Quote We Pay”.
• Non-Monetary incentives such as preferential admission in post graduate courses for staff serving in difficult areas and improving accommodation arrangement in rural areas have also been introduced under NHM.
2 years Diploma course is conducted for graduate doctors which can be pursued through NEET exam. Further, the said course is not limited to graduate doctors working in district hospitals only.
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Election Commission
ECI Directs Repolling in 116 & 110 Nos. Polling Stations of Barrackpore and Arambag  PCs
Kolkata, May 11, 2019
Election Commission of India  has directed repolling in 116-Kanchrapara Udbodhoni Madhyamik Vidyalaya’s Room Number 1 and 110-Laskarpur Netaji Prathamik Vidyalaya of Bizpur and Tarakeswar Assembly segment of Barrackpur and Arambag  Parliamentary constituencies. The poll for the General Election, 2019 was held in these two constituencies in the fifth phase of poll on May 6, 2019. Repolling will be held in these two polling stations on May 12, 2019  from 7 am to 6 pm.
After taking into account of all material circumstances, the Secretariat of the Election Commission of India, has given instructions to Chief Electoral Officer , West Bengal for holding fresh election in these two polling stations on May 12 under Sub-Section  of Section 58 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
The repolling will take place simultaneously with the sixth phase of poll in eight Parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal including Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram , Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura and Bishnupur  constituencies on May 12.
Ministry of Defence
Raksha Mantri Meets American Jewish Committee delegation
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh met an American Jewish Committee  Delegation led by Mr Ted Deutch in New Delhi today. The meeting was warm and cordial. Raksha Mantri recalled his previous meeting with AJC in USA many years ago and commended the good work being done by AJC in building bridges between countries and communities.
The meeting discussed a few other areas of common interest such as enhanced defence cooperation, particularly defence industrial cooperation. Raksha Mantri said that India offers significant advantage in terms of land cost, skilled human capital, a vibrant start-up ecosystem, a huge domestic defence market, incentives given by state governments for investing in Defence Industrial Corridors, and government policies promoting FDI and defence manufacturing in India.
Mr Ted Deutch, CEO AJC was accompanied by Mr Robert S. Peckar, chair, AJC Asia Pacific Institute; Mr Jason Isaacson, AJC Chief Policy and Political Affairs Officer; and Ms Shira Loewenberg, Director, AIC Asia Pacific Institute.
Ministry of Communications
Bharat Internet Utsav launched to celebrate Power of Internet
Internet has emerged as an indispensable tool for connectivity, knowledge-sharing and socio-economic development. Department of Telecommunications  has taken various steps to ensure affordable and high-quality internet in various parts of the country, especially in remote and commercially unviable areas to the citizens through Universal Service Obligation Fund .
Various procedural, structural and legal reforms have been done, leading to faster rollouts resulting over 2.7 lakh 5G sites installed in nine months, almost at the rate of one site per minute, making India among top three 5G ecosystems in the World. The data cost has been reduced to almost Rs.10/GB enabling affordable access of Internet.
Human stories, have the power to inspire and empower others to enable people to embrace digital technology and seek similar transformations in their own lives. Such stories show us the incredible ways in which the internet has improved the lives of those living in various parts of our country.
To embrace the transformative role of Internet, DoT, in collaboration with MYGOV, is celebrating “Bharat Internet Utsav”, wherein citizens can share their videos upto 2 minutes on how internet has transformed lives of the people on any of the social media handles with #BharatInternetUtsav or upload in drive link, and the same link can be submitted on MYGOV at https://innovateindia.mygov.in/bharat-internet-utsav/. The best stories shall be rewarded with prizes upto Rs 15,000. The contest shall be conducted on MYGOV from 07.07.2023 to 21.08.2023.
The DoT is relentlessly working to ensure secure, reliable, affordable and high-quality converged telecommunication services anytime, anywhere for an accelerated inclusive socio-economic development.
Let’s unite and celebrate together #BharatInternetUtsav.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condolences loss of lives due to Cyclone Freddy in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the loss of lives due to Cyclone Freddy in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"Distressed by the devastation due to Cyclone Freddy in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar. Condolences to President @LAZARUSCHAKWERA, President Filipe Nyusi and President @SE_Rajoelina, bereaved families and those affected by the cyclone. India stands with you in this tough time."
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
All Areas Entrusted With Functions of Urban Planning Included in Swachh Survekshan - 2020
Industrial Estate Townships like Noida, Greater Noida, Jamshedpur Or Bokaro Steel City, Port Area Development Authority, Sada to be Part of SS–2020
Separate National Workshop for Urban Townships to be Organized Soon
It has been decided to include all areas, which are notified Planning/ Special Area Development Authority/ Urban Development Authority or any such Authority under State/Central legislations, which is entrusted with the functions of urban planning, regulations and development function akin to Statutory Urban local Bodies for all purposes including sanitation, in Swachh Survekshan - 2020. Example for such bodies could be Industrial Estate Townships like Noida, Greater Noida, Jamshedpur or Bokaro Steel City, Port Area Development Authority, SADA for specific purpose etc. Only such Urban Development Authority will be included in the category where there is no statutory urban local body e.g. Amravati Development Authority. A separate category of such cities has been created for evaluation under Swachh Survekshan-2020.
The parameters for evaluation of these townships which do not have statutory urban local body will remain the same as applicable to ULBs or Cantonment Boards with some modifications. A separate National Workshop for these Urban Townships will be organized in the second week of October to explain the methodology of Swachh Survekshan - 2020 for this category.
The Government has directed all concerned authorities of such Townships to sensitize them about their coverage in Swachh Survekshan – 2020 and to appoint a Nodal Officer for each such Township for this purpose.
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is implementing Swachh Bharat Mission  Urban with the goal to make the country clean and open defecation free. To monitor the progress of this mission, Swachh Survekshan - an annual cleanliness survey was initiated in 2016 for evaluating 73 Urban Local Bodies  and it has now been scaled up to all 4,378 ULBs and all Cantonment Boards oflndia. The Swachh Survekshan has proved to be an effective monitoring and governance tool in ascertaining the progress made by the cities towards cleanliness and citizen engagement.
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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Bureau of Indian Standards signs MoU with 35 institutions for fostering collaboration in standardization and conformity assessment
Bureau of Indian Standards, the National Standards Body of India signed Memorandum of Understandings  with 35 prestigious institutions across the country for fostering collaboration in standardization and conformity assessment. The institutions included some prominent NITs, Government and Private Engineering colleges from different states across the country.
The MoU will pave the way for the partner institutions to participate in standardization activities by associating with the technical committees of the Bureau at the national and international level, getting infrastructure support for relevant R&D Projects, jointly organizing events on Standardization and Conformity Assessment, exchanging publications, introducing standardization curricula in academics, exploring a Centre of Excellence for Standardization, testing, and Conformity Assessment, and sharing laboratory facilities.
During the event, Shri Pramod Kumar Tiwari, Director General of BIS, emphasized that the MoUs with these esteemed academic institutions will bolster and enrich the standards formulation activities. Providing detailed insights into the program's framework and future trajectory, Shri Chandan Bahl, Deputy Director General of BIS, eloquently explained how this partnership would unfold.
BIS is a statutory body functioning under the aegis of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India. It operates various schemes like Product Certification , Management Systems Certification, Hall Marking of Gold and Silver Jewellery/Artefacts and Laboratory Services for the benefit of the industry and in turn aiming at consumer protection.
Special Service and Features
Bakrid: Passport Appointments Rescheduled
Consequent upon the change of holiday on account of Bakrid, the Passport Seva Kendras  at Vazhuthacaud, Neyyattinkara and Kollam, and Post Office Passport Seva Kendras  at Attingal and Pathanamthitta under the jurisdiction of the Regional Passport Office, Thiruvananthapuram will function on 28 June  and will be closed on 29 June . All Passport and PCC appointments that are booked on 29 June are, therefore, rescheduled to 28 June.
Those who have already taken appointments to submit Passport and Police Clearance Certificate  applications on 29 June may report at the concerned Passport Seva Kendras at the same time slot. For further queries, kindly contact at 0471 2470225 or rpo.trivandrum@mea.gov.in  or 8089685796 .
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